Director Operations - Electrical

Director Of Operations
- Electrical

The Director of Operations
- Electrical will be responsible for the project day-to-day operations of the respective Business Unit. Through subordinate Electrical Superintendents directs the operations for all assigned projects. Has profit and loss responsibility for projects under their control. Requires operational skills.

Essential Job Functions:

• General:
  • Develop operations plan and direct overall activities to assist in achieving total project objectives.
  • Responsible for budgeting, planning, staffing, safety, quality, and procurement.
  • Direct (through subordinate managers) project activities to obtain optimum use of equipment, facilities, and personnel.
  • Oversee multiple projects consisting of $20 million or more.
• Business Development:
  • Select and develop prospective relationships that provide the best Go/Get opportunity given the competition, available resources, risk profile, profit potential and capabilities of Casey Industrial.
  • Contact business representatives of potential clients to identify their needs and sell Company value, skills and services.
  • Build long term relationships with companies for electrical support.
  • Meet client's needs prior to contract execution. Provide advice, liaison, planning, etc. to prospective and current clients.
  • Serve as a company role model and represent the company (as an attendee or a presenter) at trade shows, public relations events, community activities and other client-related events.
• Financial:
  • Reviews and analyzes expenditure, financial, and operations reports to determine requirements for increasing profits, for respective projects. May coordinate activity with appropriate project operational personnel to ensure total project(s) budgets are met.
  • Manage all financial aspects of contracts by performing cost analysis activities on a routine basis to protect Company's interest while simultaneously maintaining a good relationship with Client.
  • Approves requisitions for equipment, materials, and supplies within limits of Regional/Divisional Office or Facility operational budget. May negotiate contracts with equipment and materials suppliers.
  • In depth understanding of financial/accounting principles.
• Commercial:
  • Significant experience reviewing and understanding contracts and negotiating experience are required.
  • In depth understanding of Change Order Management with a focus around cost, schedule, and scope management.
• Stakeholder Management:
  • Interact regularly with senior Company management and client representatives.
  • Attend periodic internal project progress, division/business unit, and corporate meetings. Represent Company in external project meetings.
• Human Resources:
  • Enforces compliance of project personnel with administrative policies, procedures, safety rules, and governmental regulations.
  • Trains and develops subordinate personnel and approves personnel actions and pay changes for assigned area.
  • Represent Company in project meetings; assists in labor negotiations/strategy meetings, etc.
• Safety:
  • Through Project Managers, and on-site Construction Managers/Superintendents insure all employees and subcontractors adhere to project, corporate, and client safety processes and policies.
• Quality:
  • Through Project Managers, and on-site Construction Managers/Superintendents insure all employees and subcontractors adhere to project, corporate, and client quality processes and policies.
• Preconstruction:
  • In the Preconstruction phase generally receives the Invitation to Bid/Request for Proposal (RFP), reviews the Bid/Contract documents, participates in the Bid Adjudication meeting with Go/No-Go decision.
  • Supports proposal development efforts to adhere to customer RFP requirements along with providing content to position the company with the best chance of winning the project.
  • Supports business unit estimate development with a focus on risks/opportunities and utilizing previous customer hot buttons to give the company the best chance of award.
  • In the Pre-Planning phase reviews/approves the project schedule/budgets and facilitates the handover process to Project/Construction Management.
• Execution:
  • Monitors/controls the execution phase through administrative direction of Project Managers and on-site Construction Managers/Superintendents to ensure project adheres to schedule and budget; monitor overall safety, quality, and productivity of work performed by the division/business unit operation, investigating potentially serious situations and implementing corrective measures.
• Other:
  • Assume additional responsibilities as directed by Division/Business Unit Director.
  • Assume additional responsibilities as required by the division/business unit operating needs or as directed by corporate dictate.
  • Manage, lead direct reports, and mentor.

Supervisory:

• Direct Field Supervision and coordinate with other departments for successful preconstruction and construction activities.

Education and Work Experience Requirements:

• A four-year construction, engineering or related degree or…